Tremors also felt in southern and eastern India
A string of earthquakes jolted the Andaman and Nicobar Islands over a 12-hour period on Sunday. The tremors were also felt in southern and eastern India.
There was some panic but no casualties or property damage anywhere, officials said. By evening, life returned to normal in the islands.
The first quake of 7.7 magnitude took place 56 seconds past midnight on Saturday night, followed by a second one of 5.3 magnitude at 4.14 a.m. on Sunday. Two more quakes of 5.1 magnitude were reported at 11 a.m. and 11.56 a.m.
Tremors were also felt in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, officials said.
“We did feel the quake. But life is normal here now. No property damage has been reported in Port Blair,” S. Jaikumaran Nair, chairman of the Port Blair Municipal Council, told IANS over telephone from the Andamans.
The Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services told IANS that a ‘tsunami watch' notice issued after the Sunday quake was withdrawn 90 minutes later.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a Regional Watch notice covering India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. It later scaled it down to India alone.
The Central Seismological Observatory Centre, Shillong, said the quake took place at 12.57 a.m. on the west coast of the Nicobar Island. The epicentre was located at latitude 7.9 degree north and longitude 91.9 degree east.
Several parts of coastal Orissa also experienced mild tremors, officials said in Bhubaneswar.
Correction
The third paragraph of an IANS/PTI report “String of quakes jolts Andaman & Nicobar” (June 14, 2010, page 1) said that the first quake of 7.7 magnitude took place 56 seconds past midnight on Saturday night. It should have been 56 minutes (12:56:50 a.m.).
Keywords: earthquake, Nicobar Islands, Chennai, USGS
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The map accompanying this article is frustratingly useless in providing land mass reference points. You'd need a captain's chart to understand fully the location.
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Exceeellent coverage.
I'm a resident in Calicut city, Kerala. It would be tough to believe that i personally experienced this quake from here. But very true that i did. Around 1 am today morning, i was lying on my bed after my studies, when i felt myself shaking, though it was a very very mild shake. I jumped out, felt nothing while standing, and again laid down. I felt the same again. I alerted my friends who were studying. They mocked and didn't bother. I told them we'll see 2moro in the newspapers, and now i'm really surprised to hear about the nicobar earthquake.
Even it was felt in Bangalore around 1.04 AM
We felt the tremors similar to the shakes as though we were 'traveling in a train' around 1.AM in T.Nagar,which lasted for about 10 secs. But why wont our Govt flash updates/warn about the same?
Quakes and 'Tsunami' warnings must be extended to >=1250 Km from epicenter. That will cover most populated places along the east coast particularly when these things happen clser to India/Myanmar(Burma) border of 'India region'.
We experienced strong tremors at around 12.57 p.m.in Kolkata too. We reside on 8th floor at 3B, Camac Street, Kolkata.
B.K.KHAITAN
I am in Bangalore. I could feel the room shaking. Thought lack of sleep is causing it, but saw the water in the bottle shaking. I felt it lasted for quite some time.
Today 14, June at 1:02AM, earthquake experience
I am staying in the first floor of the apartment in Vadapalani, I was in front of my computer reading emails with my hands on the mouse. Suddenly, I felt a kind of pull/shake/jerk. I thought my hands are strained. I removed my hand still the experience I thought i am feeling giddiness because of the nights food poisoning. I bowed my head down touching my knee. Then i experienced everything was floating without any noice - my chair, monitor, window were tilting or /swinging/ floating. I immediately realized it was an earthquake. I just felt like running out of the house. But within few seconds the earthquake subsided. And I felt it was all over and probably out of danger. At 1:20AM I called up the Police No. 100 and reported the same. The tremor could be 15 seconds- 20 seconds.
I googled for the earthquake in chennai and the Hindu online news has confirmed the tremor in Nicobar and Chennai.
I was studying late night and I felt the shake suddenly by 12:55 or so and thought its my illusion. But just in case I wanted to know if it could be real ,I searched in myforecast.com and it confirmed my illusion. Thank God as I hope everyone is safe .
good job! very spontaneous...thanks for the update...feeling secured now!
I was on the computer at the time and felt the floor wobbling,I guessed (correctly) that it was an earthquake. My second that I've experienced in Chennai!
I too feel that around 1 30 or somethin but i couldnt realise that it was an earth quake.. oh my god just nw i saw while browsing.....
Even the tremor was felt in Parrys Area Near High Court
wow ...... so fast news..... hmm just now we entered our home ........i was sleeping and somebody pushed me down :( its quake ...
Im at thiruvottiyur, my family felt the same, at 1.05 am,
called up few of my friends @ paris, ennore, thondiarpet even they felt the same
Henry
Hey i feel very bab today.. I left my sleep.
this is first time i've feel.
I just felt it in annanagar, chennai.
Even i felt... My remote fell down..Was watching football match!
@ Thiruvanmiyur
Hi,
I thought i was swaying cos of sleep :) Then i saw my computer monitor shaking.. So i went out to see if people are coming out , but none.. So thought i thought i may be very sleepy. Then calls, facebook updates came in confirming it an EQ. My God, i finally felt an EQ in my life .. My long time wish
Tremor felt in Bangalore too..
lol..it hasnt even been an hour since we felt the tremor here(at chennai, ashok nagar) and you guys claim people are panic-ing and stayed outdoors for over an hour. It will be true in another 10 mins but yeah, way to sensationalise.'
But I guess you are among the first indian news sites to have picked it up ...kudos on taht :)
lol..it hasnt even been an hour since we felt the tremor here(at chennai, ashok nagar) and you guys claim people are panic-ing and stayed outdoors for over an hour. It will be true in another 10 mins but yeah, way to sensationalise.
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